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2026 (1)

February (1)

dotnet: The Dongle Died at Midnight – WinForms Agent Saved my German Mom’s Business Trip

.NET

2026-02-24

A .NET Blog post describing how the author used a WinForms agent/AI-assisted development workflow to quickly build a replacement time-study app after a hardware dongle failed during a business trip.

2025 (7)

December (4)

github: Dynamic Copilot prompts on GitHub Docs

GitHub

2025-12-17

GitHub announced dynamic Copilot prompts on GitHub Docs, allowing users to launch GitHub Copilot prompts directly from select documentation pages to move seamlessly from reading docs to using Copilot.

github: Coming soon: Simpler pricing and a better experience for GitHub Actions

GitHub

2025-12-16

Starting January 1, 2026, GitHub will lower prices for GitHub-hosted runners by up to 39% (varying by machine type) to deliver simpler pricing and a better GitHub Actions experience; free usage minute quotas will remain unchanged.

dotnet: Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development

.NET

2025-12-08

Microsoft's Learn MCP server improves the Copilot developer experience by providing practical examples and clear integration steps for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, the Copilot CLI, and the Copilot Coding Agent.

github: Actions workflow dispatch workflows now support 25 inputs

GitHub

2025-12-04

GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch triggers now accept up to 25 inputs (previously 10), making manually triggered workflows easier to parameterize for more complex scenarios.

November (2)

azure: [In preview] Public Preview: Azure Container Apps adds support for agentic Docker Compose

Azure Updates

2025-11-18

Azure Container Apps is announcing a public preview that brings Docker Compose support to the service, enabling developers to use their existing docker-compose workflows to define and run multi-container applications directly on Azure Container Apps. This integration aims to simplify deployment and lower the friction for moving compose-based projects to the cloud.

github: Copilot coding agent now supports pull request templates

GitHub

2025-11-05

GitHub’s Copilot coding agent, an autonomous background agent that creates and updates pull requests with a summary of its changes, now supports repository pull request templates so its generated PR bodies follow your repo’s template while still inserting the agent’s summary.

September (1)

github: Copilot code review: Path-scoped custom instruction file support

GitHub

2025-09-03

GitHub announced that Copilot code review now supports path-scoped custom instruction files, letting repositories provide targeted review guidance for specific directories or files using existing instruction files.